I opened the can of varnish and did one coat to the upper part of the center section and the inside of the leading edge plywood.

Did another coat of varnish on the inside of the plywood leading edge. The holes are drilled in the strut brackets and i installed them, then I removed them again to varnish the holes and the area where they go on the spar.

The piece of leading edge plywood was glued in place today.

I measured and cut two pieces of plywood for the middle section of my leading edge. Why two? somehow I managed to cut one too short, so now have to order another piece of plywood. I the correct sized one was soaked and clamped to the leading edge to form. I also managed to get the second coat of varnish on the center section wing area.

eading edge plywood panel number two lgot its first coat of varnish on the inside, the fuselage was put back on sawhorses and the gear legs put back on it.

second coat of varnish is on the inside of the plywood piece. and started work on getting the landing gear put back on

The second leading edge wing panel is glued on

The last wing plywood panel was measured, cut, soaked, and is strapped to the leading edge to pre-bend. It was just too hot in the shop to do any more

the last plywood leading edge panel is glued onto the wing.

I've been working on more of the fiddly bits for the wing,

Good to see you are making progress. I enjoy your posts of your build very much. Keep on there will be a reward at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks aeronut
i got a couple more pieces cut and glued in place today, not much but progress

I got the wing flipped over and the plywood strips put on the bottom side. I also tinkered with my brakes a little.

more pictures

I pulled the staples from the plywood strips and then installed the brake peddles

i mixed up some t-88 and glued the plywood web to the ailerons, then made the brackets for where the struts will attach to the fuselage.

did some more tinkering with my brakes, I made the part to hold the cable while the peddles are pressed. Then gave the wheels a spin and tested the peddles, they seemed to work.

Cut some more wood and glued in the pieces that go behind the plywood web on the ailerons.

I finished the wood work on my aileron this week, been too busy to do much else

managed to get one coat of varnish on one of the ailerons

I snuck off for a while and turned a strip of metal into a steering bar for the tail wheel and rudder, and a bracket for the wires to the horizontal stab.

Haven't made any progress worthy of a picture lately, but I have been working on getting a coat of varnish on the wings. so far about 3/4 of the way done with one wing. I didn't realize there were so many small places hard to work a brush into.

Did a bit more varnishing on my wings, but I did take a break to make the parts the pulleys attach to for the ailerons.

Still working on vanishing, one coat is now on both wings

sorry for the lack of updates but haven't had any progress to report until today. I haven't had much free time lately. I did find some time to do a job I have been putting off out of fear of screwing up parts that took a lot of time to build. I cut the slots for the hinges on my horizontal stab and elevators.

Yes those one shot to get it correct can be a little stressful. I remember the drilling of the strut ends for attach point at the wing. It was cause for pause . Nice job on those tail feathers.

sorry for lack of updates, with work and the flue going though the house i haven't gotten to visit the project much. i have managed to finish installing the hinges to the elevators and the control horns to the elevators and rudder. I am also still working on varnishing so hopefully by the end of winter I can start covering.

got another coat of varnish on the tail feathers, they are nearly ready to be covered.

did some work on the front turtle deck, fitted the front plywood, and stringers. nicopressed the rudder cabels. now I can make final adjustments to the front gas tank and start gluing.

finally got some shop time in after being so busy flying and instructing lately. I decided it was time to seal up the nose and then did some finishing touches to the rear turtle deck.  
I also realized that is has been 3 years I have been working on this project.